Slow Start-up and finder not responding

So I guess I should explain everything.
I have a macbook pro that I bought in july of 2011. A few weeks ago my charger broke and I did not have the money to replace it until now. Obviously, my macbook died since then and has been dead until yesterday when I got a new charger.
I plugged in the new charger and I noticed it was taking a long time to turn on. It stays at the apple logo with the loading circle thing. also it had the progress bar as if started up in safe mode. I forced it off two times with the power button, after waiting 10-20 minutes on the apple logo screen. the third time it finally took me to my login screen and I was able to login in use it without any issue.
I turned it off last night and when I went turn it on today it was taking long again. Same screen as the yesterday. It finally turned on after about 2 hours of turning off and on and waiting. also did the command+alt+P+R and the safe mode and it did not help.
I have it on now but my Finder is not working. If i close out all windows there is just the rainbow loading circle thing. I can only click on things in my dock(besides finder). I cannnot click on anything in the bar on the top unless I have a window open. When I do have a window open I can click on the things in the left corner but not the other side (like wifi, time, spotlight). Also, the battery life is not showing up there either.
I have an appointment at the genius bar tomorrow but I need to backup my photos and music. I tried uploading them to dropbox but since finder is not working it won't let me and ends up freezing and I have to force quit safari..
SO can anyone help me fix finder so I can backup my files onto dropbox? And if anyone can help me with the startup issue that would be great. I have a feeking I will need to uninstall and then reinstall the OS because that's what i've seen online as a solution to the startup issue, that is why I want to backup the files..
Thanks! Sorry the long post just want to be as detailed as possible.

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